After 25 years in the business and 26 under my belt as a rug hooker, I’ve pretty much seen and heard it all, although I often still manage to learn new things. Over the years, I’ve been asked a myriad of questions and have provided assistance, explaining and sharing all the knowledge I’ve learned. I am an open and honest, tell-it-like-it-is kind of gal, so if you need assistance, it’s guaranteed I will share. I am a bit of a fountain that way, quenching the thirst of eager beginners, even offering tips and tricks to experienced rug hookers that might need a bit of tweaking to make their rugs shine even more. Is it okay to toot my own horn? Am I sounding full of myself? Well maybe I am; full of something that is…. love for this craft and all that imbibes in the making of a rug.
I marvel at how much rug hooking has influenced my life. I’m truly immersed in this craft, its on my mind a great deal, running like a hamster on a wheel in my head. I’m always thinking about how I can improve the studio, thinking about new designs, always looking at nature to discover a new colour. Remembering customers that made my day all the better, smiling knowing I may have done the same for them. It doesn’t get much better than this. My life has meaning outside of myself, providing a service to this tightly knit community and it brings me so much satisfaction. My hat size has expanded from all the kindness and appreciation from the customers that frequent the studio, and I’m proud knowing they can expect the very best quality and products that we create here.
I have a met so many wonderful people, many who I call friend. In one way or another, rug hooking and my passion for wool has infiltrated every part of my life, especially all the dust. LOL. The studio is like being wrapped in a comfy, woolly cape, surrounded by a rainbow of colour. Every day I walk through the door of my studio, I smile and feel lucky and wonder what adventure and excitement will happen today.
I’ve brought countless numbers to the rug hooking fold through beginning classes and inspiring people who visit the studio. I’ve witnessed many taking it a step further, becoming shop owners, teachers and artists holding gallery exhibits of their work. As an ambassador for this craft, nothing pleases me more than to see how the love of fiber, has brought so much joy to so many. Endless hours of discovering colour in ways you never thought possible. Having an inspired vision, selecting a pattern or designing your own and bringing it to fruition through the advent of colour pretty much sums up what we are all about. I think we all need to slap our own backs once and awhile. We are all truly a magnificent!
That brings me to Jeanne Denton Cosman who visited the studio to find out how to finish her first rug from a kit she purchased a while back. For a first project I was suitable impressed but what shone even brighter was the enthusiasm she exuded. We might be adults but when we create beauty, making colour bloom before us, we become as giddy and excited as children. For me, it brings tears to my eyes to see one of our designs made into a rug. Silly ole me I think, but it’s like endorphins when seeing a newborn baby all the joy and amazement wrapped up together, bubbling over and manifesting moist eyes.
Jeanne and I we talked cording, whipping and rug binding, the final destination in every rug hooking journey. I could see she was proud and truly smitten and I wonder what delights will come next?
I marvel at how much rug hooking has influenced my life. I’m truly immersed in this craft, its on my mind a great deal, running like a hamster on a wheel in my head. I’m always thinking about how I can improve the studio, thinking about new designs, always looking at nature to discover a new colour. Remembering customers that made my day all the better, smiling knowing I may have done the same for them. It doesn’t get much better than this. My life has meaning outside of myself, providing a service to this tightly knit community and it brings me so much satisfaction. My hat size has expanded from all the kindness and appreciation from the customers that frequent the studio, and I’m proud knowing they can expect the very best quality and products that we create here.
I have a met so many wonderful people, many who I call friend. In one way or another, rug hooking and my passion for wool has infiltrated every part of my life, especially all the dust. LOL. The studio is like being wrapped in a comfy, woolly cape, surrounded by a rainbow of colour. Every day I walk through the door of my studio, I smile and feel lucky and wonder what adventure and excitement will happen today.
I’ve brought countless numbers to the rug hooking fold through beginning classes and inspiring people who visit the studio. I’ve witnessed many taking it a step further, becoming shop owners, teachers and artists holding gallery exhibits of their work. As an ambassador for this craft, nothing pleases me more than to see how the love of fiber, has brought so much joy to so many. Endless hours of discovering colour in ways you never thought possible. Having an inspired vision, selecting a pattern or designing your own and bringing it to fruition through the advent of colour pretty much sums up what we are all about. I think we all need to slap our own backs once and awhile. We are all truly a magnificent!
That brings me to Jeanne Denton Cosman who visited the studio to find out how to finish her first rug from a kit she purchased a while back. For a first project I was suitable impressed but what shone even brighter was the enthusiasm she exuded. We might be adults but when we create beauty, making colour bloom before us, we become as giddy and excited as children. For me, it brings tears to my eyes to see one of our designs made into a rug. Silly ole me I think, but it’s like endorphins when seeing a newborn baby all the joy and amazement wrapped up together, bubbling over and manifesting moist eyes.
Jeanne and I we talked cording, whipping and rug binding, the final destination in every rug hooking journey. I could see she was proud and truly smitten and I wonder what delights will come next?
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